No word on Gollum or Gandalf yet,

SF3 has withdrawn the invitation to Elizabeth Moon to attend WisCon 35 as guest of honor.

The Man in the High Castle to be dramatised. But does Ridley Scott have any form with adapting the works of Philip K. Dick? Oh, hang on, yes he does.

The declining number of women in (UK) sf.

Further discussion of women in sf

I'm about a third of the way through it at the moment, enjoying it more than expected, for much the same reasons mentioned here.

Glorious - conversation between three of this year's Hugo winners, two of whom are over 90 years old.

Jo Walton revisits an old favourite

Jo Walton queries Bilbo's gender identity

Ian Sales comes up with a list of 55 (strictly 75) classic sf books by British writers. Includes Bob Shaw, James White and Ian McDonald, but nobody from the Republic as far as I could tell.

One of the best comments on the recent nastiness.

Thanks to communicator

Spoilt for choice, really!

Trying to get more works by women onto the Hugo shortlists. Tiocfaidh ar la!

Teresa Nielsen Hayden is to reread the epic graphic novel series

Dear Science Fiction Fandom, I wanted to have a word about the Hugos. these are your awards: the shortlists chosen and voted for by you. And because I too am a fan they are my awards. They reflect upon us all. These lists say something about SF to the world. Science Fiction Fandom: your shortlists aren’t very good.

Why so many awful Mike Resnick stories end up getting shortlisted for awards

The classic Bram Stoker novel, posted as a series of blog entries

Thanks to Angie for pointing this out to me

China Mieville on the Writer of the Century